Victoria

Premier Jacinta Allan

Government

• Victorian Government – official site
• Victorian Constitution – Full Text
• Governor of Victoria
• Premier of Victoria
• Complete List of Victorian Premiers Since 1855
• Complete lists of all living former PMs, Premiers & Chief Ministers

Previous Governments

• A Brief History of the Bracks Labor Government (2002)
• Bracks ALP Ministry 1999
• Napthine Shadow Ministry 1999
• Kennett Government 1992-99

Parliament

• Parliament House – Melbourne
• March 27, 2003: HISTORIC REFORM OF VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT
• State of the Parties 1996-2002

Elections

• 2014 Victorian Election
• 2010 Victorian Election
• 2006 Victorian Election
• 2002 Victorian Election
• 1999 Victorian Election
• 1996 Victorian Election

Archived News Items

• Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos Resigns September 26, 2020
• Morrison and Hunt Announce Vaccine Deal; Andrews Attacked; Call For Improvements to Victorian Tracing and Testing September 7, 2020
• Morrison Government Says Victorian COVID-19 Measures Are Hard And Crushing News September 7, 2020
• Daniel Andrews Announces Slow Road Out of Lockdown for Victoria September 6, 2020
• Sen. Mitch Fifield (Lib-Vic) – Valedictory Speeches July 30, 2019
• Sen. Raff Ciccone (ALP-Vic) – Maiden Speech July 24, 2019
• Daniel Andrews Claims Victory As Labor Wins Landslide Re-Election In Victoria November 24, 2018
• Ged Kearney (ALP-Batman) – Maiden Speech May 21, 2018
• Victorian Speaker Telmo Languiller Resigns Over Expenses Scandal February 25, 2017
• Sen. Kimberley Kitching (ALP-Vic) – Maiden Speech November 9, 2016
• Stephen Conroy Announces Resignation From Senate In Undelivered Speech September 16, 2016
• Final Two-Party Figures: Coalition Won 2016 Election With 50.36%; Swing To Labor Of 3.13% September 15, 2016
• So When Will The Next Election Be Held? September 5, 2016
• Senator Jane Hume (Lib-Vic) – Maiden Speech August 31, 2016
• 2016 Senate Votes: A Higher But Fragmented Vote For Minor And Micro Parties August 22, 2016
• The New Senate: The Defeated, The Retired, The New And The Returning August 21, 2016
• Government And ALP Agree On Senate Terms; First Elected To Get 6 Years August 12, 2016
• Senator Derryn Hinch Addresses The Melbourne Press Club August 5, 2016
• Ricky Muir: I Can Leave Parliament Proud August 3, 2016
• Victorian Senate Results Finalised; Liberals Gain 1, Greens Keep 2, Hinch Elected August 3, 2016
• Election Nominations: Three MPs Who Blundered Their Way Out Of Parliament June 9, 2016
• Victorian Budget Delivered: Big Surplus, Capital Works, Transport Projects April 27, 2016
• James Paterson Sworn In As Victorian Liberal Senator March 15, 2016
• Daniel Andrews Offers To Settle Nauru Refugees In Victoria February 6, 2016
• Liberal Party Review Of The 2014 State Election November 4, 2015
• COAG Discussions Focus On Terrorism, Federation And Taxation October 10, 2014
• Liberal Election Advertising Begins In Victoria September 28, 2014
• Geoff Shaw Survives Expulsion Attempt With His Own Vote September 4, 2014
• Geoff Shaw Apologises To The Victorian Parliament; Expulsion Averted September 2, 2014
• Sen. Janet Rice (Greens-Vic) – Maiden Speech August 27, 2014
• Daniel Andrews Denies Dirty Tricks Over Ted Baillieu Tape Recording July 28, 2014
• Whooping Cough: ALP Releases Election Advertisement On Vaccination Cuts June 16, 2014
• Geoff Shaw Suspended By Victorian Parliament; Ken Smith Votes With Government To Defeat ALP Expulsion Move June 11, 2014
• Denis Napthine Moves To Suspend Geoff Shaw Until September 2 June 10, 2014
• Daniel Andrews Commits To Passing Victorian Budget; Calls On Napthine To Consult Governor June 3, 2014
• Defiant Napthine Says He Won’t Be Held To Ransom By Shaw; Says It’s Now Up To Andrews June 3, 2014
• Napthine Government On The Brink As Shaw Supports No-Confidence Motion And Governor Consults Opposition Leader June 3, 2014
• Premiers Rebel Over Federal Budget Cuts; Demand COAG Meeting Before July 1 May 18, 2014
• Daniel Andrews Promises Victorian Royal Commission Into Family Violence May 17, 2014
• Victorian Speaker Ken Smith Resigns; Christine Fyffe Takes Over February 4, 2014
• GMH To Close Australian Manufacturing Operations In 2017: Official December 11, 2013
• Napthine Says He Won’t Introduce Or Support Legislation To Restrict Abortions December 3, 2013
• Julie Bishop Sacks Steve Bracks As Consul General In New York September 10, 2013
• BAILLIEU RESIGNS – DENIS NAPTHINE NEW VICTORIAN PREMIER March 6, 2013
• Seven Former Politicians Awarded Australia Day Honours: Downer, Uren Receive AC January 26, 2013
• Rupert Murdoch Eulogises His Mother At Memorial Service In Melbourne December 18, 2012
• Victorian Government Proposes Reforms To Emergency Management December 10, 2012
• Gillard Claims Progress On NDIS And Power Prices Following COAG Meeting December 7, 2012
• John Brumby Appointed To Chair COAG Reform Council December 7, 2012
• Political And Media Wankers October 25, 2012
• As NSW And Victoria Offer NDIS Money, A Political Win For Gillard July 27, 2012
• Baillieu Offers Extra Funds For NDIS Trial In Victoria July 27, 2012
• Coalition Premiers Opt Out Of NDIS Trial; COAG Fractures July 25, 2012
• State Treasurers Not Impressed After Meeting With Swan April 4, 2012
• Andrews Shadow Ministry – Victoria – 2010 December 6, 2010
• The March of Political Time December 2, 2010
• The Baillieu Ministry – Victoria – 2010 December 2, 2010
• Brumby Concedes Defeat; Baillieu Premier of New Coalition Government in Victoria November 29, 2010
• Brumby Maintains Tied Result Most Likely; Opposition Says It’s Ready To Govern November 28, 2010
• Brumby Government Brought To Brink Of Defeat In Victoria November 28, 2010
• Victorian Liberals Put The Greens Last As Labor Stitches Up A Deal November 15, 2010
• Baillieu Launches Liberal Party’s Victorian Election Campaign November 14, 2010
• Baillieu and Brumby Meet in Election Debate November 5, 2010
• Americain: Governor-General Presents 2010 Melbourne Cup November 2, 2010
• Kennett Savages Senator Helen Kroger Over Green Preferences October 27, 2010
• Victorian Labor Minister Lynne Kosky Resigns January 18, 2010
• National Day Of Mourning Service For Bushfire Victims February 22, 2009
• Theo Theophanous, Victorian Minister, Stands Aside October 13, 2008
• COAG Chief Ministers’ Press Conference July 3, 2008
• Bracks Resigns As Premier Of Victoria July 27, 2007
• Liberal Party TV Advertisements – 2006 Victorian State Election November 22, 2006
• COAG Meeting: Chief Ministers’ Press Conference July 14, 2006
• Victorian Local Government Association State Budget Submission December 22, 2005
• Sir Rupert Hamer, Former Victorian Premier, Genuine Liberal, Dies, 87 March 30, 2004
• Future Election Dates November 9, 2003
• Full Text Of Victoria’s Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003 March 27, 2003
• Victorian Parliamentary Reform – Explanatory Memorandum March 27, 2003
• Historic Reform Of Victorian Parliament March 27, 2003
• Primary Votes In Victorian State Elections 1996-2002 December 20, 2002
• Victoria: State Of The Parties 1996-2002 December 15, 2002
• A Brief History of the Bracks Labor Government December 13, 2002
• Steve Bracks: 2002 ALP State Election Policy Speech November 18, 2002
• Parliamentary Sitting Days – 2001 April 18, 2002
• Council Of Australian Governments Joint Press Conference on Stem Cell Research April 5, 2002
• Council Of Australian Governments Communique April 5, 2002
• Beating Up: Barrett Report On Police, Media & WEF Protests November 15, 2000
• Kennett For Canberra Stories Just A Media Beat-Up August 20, 2000
• Bracks, Mr 77%, Courts Melbourne Business August 19, 2000
• John Landy Appointed New Victorian Governor August 8, 2000
• Nationals Concede Benalla To ALP May 14, 2000
• Historic Victory As Labor Wins Benalla By-Election; Rural Voters Vent More Anger On Coalition May 13, 2000
• Benalla By-Election A Test For National Party May 13, 2000
• Victorian Parliament To Be Venue For Commemorative Federation Sitting May 10, 2000
• Victorian State Budget 2000-01 May 2, 2000
• Bracks Delivers Victorian Budget May 2, 2000
• Victorian Election 1999 – Scott Bennett & Gerard Newman April 11, 2000
• McNamara Announces Retirement; Perilous By-Election In Benalla December 16, 1999
• Victorian Liberals Plot To Remove Poggioli and Howley December 12, 1999
• A.L.P. Wins Burwood By-Election With 10% Swing December 11, 1999
• ALP Candidate For Burwood By-Election Distributes Video Throughout Electorate December 11, 1999
• Five Candidates To Contest Burwood By-Election November 22, 1999
• Liberals Reject Kroger In Burwood November 16, 1999
• McNamara To Resign As Victorian National Party Leader November 4, 1999
• Victorian Parliament Opened; Andrianopoulos New Speaker; Kennett Resigns November 3, 1999
• Support for Independents Remains Firm November 1, 1999
• Napthine Announces Shadow Cabinet October 30, 1999
• Napthine Coalition Shadow Ministry – Victoria 1999 October 29, 1999
• Kennett Set To Quit Parliament: By-Election Battle Looms October 29, 1999
• Napthine and Asher Elected To Lead Liberals in Victoria October 26, 1999
• I’ve Never Met a Labor Voter: Felicity Kennett October 24, 1999
• National Party Dissolves Victorian Coalition October 22, 1999
• Bracks Labor Government Ministry October 20, 1999
• Labor Government Takes Office in Victoria October 20, 1999
• Labor Governments Rare In Victoria October 19, 1999
• KENNETT RESIGNS, ALSO QUITS AS LIBERAL LEADER; BRACKS LABOR GOVERNMENT TO BE SWORN IN ON WEDNESDAY October 19, 1999
• Jeff Kennett Responds To Independents’ Decision To Support A Labor Government October 18, 1999
• Susan Davies: Statement In Support Of A Minority Labor Government October 18, 1999
• Russell Savage: Statement in Support of a Minority Labor Government October 18, 1999
• Historic Decision: Independents To Support Labor in Victoria October 18, 1999
• Media Tipping a Labor Government in Victoria October 18, 1999
• ALP Wins Frankston East; Fate of Kennett Government Known on Monday October 17, 1999
• Jeff Kennett Press Conference In Response To Independents’ Charter October 13, 1999
• Jeff Kennett Response To Independents’ Charter October 12, 1999
• Steve Bracks Responds To The Independents’ Charter October 12, 1999
• Independents’ Charter Victoria – 1999 September 28, 1999
• Kennett Government Mauled in Election Upset; Independents May Hold Balance Of Power; Country Voters Turn On Coalition; Majority Prefers Labor September 19, 1999
• Steve Bracks Election Night Speech; Big Gains But Not There Yet September 18, 1999
• Kennett Government Struggling To Survive; Big Anti-Liberal Swing; Rural Areas Turn Against Coalition; Unexpected Result Stuns Victoria September 18, 1999
• Rural Funding – The Victorian ALP ‘Taps’ Election Advertisement September 10, 1999
• (Not) An Advertisement October 13, 1998
• Tony Robinson (ALP-Mitcham) 1997 By-Election How-To-Vote Card December 13, 1997
• Auditing The Backbones November 18, 1997
• The Importance Of Jeff – A Media Study September 1, 1997
• The Importance Of Politics December 13, 1996
• Jeff Kennett: A Twentieth Century Machiavellian Prince? December 13, 1996
• The Second Kennett Ministry April 3, 1996
• The Second Kennett Ministry 1996 April 2, 1996
• 1996 Victorian State Election – Final Results March 30, 1996
• Kennett Leads Coalition To Victory In Victorian Election October 4, 1992
• Joan Kirner Opens The Melbourne Comedy Festival March 31, 1992
• John Cain Draws A Line In The Sand In Speech To ALP State Conference June 18, 1990
• Kennett Dumped As Liberal Leader; Peacock Coup Still Dominates Canberra Politics May 23, 1989
• Jeff Kennett Dumped From Liberal Leadership In Victoria May 23, 1989
• John Cain Claims Victory In Victoria; Third Consecutive Win For Labor October 1, 1988
• 1988 Victorian State Election Count October 1, 1988
• Neil Mitchell Editorial On The 1988 Victorian State Election September 30, 1988
• Kennett-Peacock Car Phone Conversation March 23, 1987
• Lionel Murphy, High Court Justice, Whitlam’s Attorney-General, Dies, 64 October 21, 1986
• Queen Elizabeth Signs Australia Act Into Law March 2, 1986
• Celebrating The Hawke And Cain Labor Governments April 29, 1983
• Rupert “Dick” Hamer Announces His Resignation As Victorian Premier May 28, 1981
• Against Poverty – Frank Wilkes Delivers The Arthur Calwell Memorial Lecture October 17, 1977